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Stand-Alone FFR or IVUS Procedure

Date: Jun 3, 2020

Question:

I'm aware that FFR (CPT 93571) and IVUS (CPT 92978) are add-on codes and cannot be reported by themselves. I have a situation where a physician is performing the diagnostic left heart cath at one facility, and that same physician a week later is performing a stand-alone FFR or IVUS procedure at another facility. In this scenario, when the FFR or IVUS procedure is performed, it would not be appropriate to bill another diagnostic study, nor would we want to report the specific CPT codes for FFR or IVUS? Would we report the unlisted CPT 93799?

Question ID : 14038
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